Planting unit

SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.

Shape

Lanceolate

Size

• Length: 5 mm
• Width: 2 mm
• Thickness: 1 mm

Color

Yellow

Texture

Long pubescence on glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
keels

Lemma

Obscured by glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
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Palea

Obscured by glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
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Other structures

Small callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
and geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
awn

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Alopecurus pratensis L.